“Pete is the perfect person to create deep insights that optimize Knownwell’s ability to help customers navigate AI transformation,” said CEO David DeWolf. “He’s the rare breed of executive who sees the business big picture better than anyone I know, while also excelling at framing, teaching, and simplifying this vision for customers. I’m confident Pete’s knowledge and experience will be huge assets for Knownwell and our clients as we scale the company.”
Prior to joining Knownwell, Buer spent close to three decades at CEB, now Gartner. He held multiple Executive Committee and C-Level roles at CEB, helping to build the business as line executive launching and running the company’s practice for Sales and Marketing Executives, and helping to scale the business in such central roles such as Chief Culture Officer and Chief Administrative Officer/Head of HR. Buer was also Chief of People and Operations at 3Pillar Global, the product development company founded by Knownwell CEO David DeWolf, and Chief Growth Officer at Brightfield, a venture-backed extended workforce intelligence company with a proprietary AI platform called TDX.
About Knownwell
Knownwell is an AIaaS and advisory solutions company specializing in helping executives leverage the AI revolution to drive record profitability without compromising their people or values. Knownwell’s proprietary maturity model and related advisory services provide executives of private-equity backed companies with the knowledge and know-how to leverage AI as a key differentiator. Please visit knownwell.com to learn more about the company.
This strategic alliance offers unique benefits to users by streamlining processes and elevating the comprehensiveness of their international background checks.
“NetForce Global is excited to integrate with TazWorks,” said Jennifer Clark, President of NetForce Global. “Our partnership with TazWorks enhances our commitment to provide customers with robust, reliable, and compliant background check solutions. Together, we’re streamlining the screening process, delivering real value to our clients and the industry as a whole.”
TazWorks is run on TazCloud, a scalable and efficient cloud-based technology platform. The TazWorks platform helps simplify the background screening process through its suite of screening applications. It features screening tools, onboarding and training, identity verification, mobile engagement, decision tools, workload management, and business intelligence.
“Integrated ordering and result reporting for searches outside the United States has been on our wish list for many years. I can’t wait for this partnership between TazWorks and NFG to transform international background screening from some of the most time consuming and onerous work we do to a simple, powerful process,” said Elaine Rosenberg, CEO Advanced Reporting.
For more information about NetForce Global and its suite of solutions, visit info.netforceglobal.com.
About NetForce Global
NetForce Global is the trusted leading wholesaler of international background screenings in the Americas, EMEA and the Asia/Pacific regions. Founded by two industry veterans in 2008, we provide customers with the confidence they need to make better-informed hiring decisions. Dedicated to providing wholesale-only international products and services, NetForce Global is focused on helping retail background screening customers with solutions for virtually all of their international background screening needs. Learn more at info.netforceglobal.com.
About MeridianLink
MeridianLink® (NYSE: MLNK) powers digital lending and account opening for financial institutions and provides data verification solutions for consumer reporting agencies. MeridianLink’s scalable, cloud-based platforms help customers build deeper relationships with consumers through data-driven, personalized experiences across the entire lending life cycle.
MeridianLink enables customers to accelerate revenue growth, reduce risk, and exceed consumer expectations through seamless digital experiences. Its partner marketplace supports hundreds of integrations for tailored innovation. For more than 20 years, MeridianLink has prioritized the democratization of lending for consumers, businesses, and communities. Learn more at http://www.meridianlink.com.
Cynthia Harty, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, has been appointed to the leadership team. Leading the Corporate Strategy team, Harty will focus on standards-based innovation, strengthening industry relationships and expanding ST Engineering iDirect’s presence in the broader telecommunications ecosystem. In her 23 years with ST Engineering iDirect, Harty has held multiple leadership roles across sales, strategy and business development, contributing to its growth.
Don Claussen, ST Engineering iDirect CEO, said, “In this rapidly evolving satellite landscape, we remain focused on our mission – to unite GEO, LEO and MEO and seamlessly integrate with the terrestrial environment as we transition our products and capabilities to software-defined networks. Our commitment is unwavering; we will lead the charge in establishing industry standards to enable a global, multi-domain, cloud-enabled telecom model for our customers.”
ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. With over 40 years of delivering innovation focused on solving satellite’s most critical economic and technology challenges we are committed to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded iDirect, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is a leader in key industries including mobility, broadcast and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information visit http://www.idirect.net.
Deals displayed on Shipmate are aggregated from cruise lines and other travel booking partners. Users will find cruise deals from major mainstream, premium, luxury and river lines with sailings to destinations worldwide. For each deal, Shipmate provides historical pricing data to show how much of a percentage that fare has changed.
When a user searches for deals on Shipmate, they will have a wide range of options to view deals based on their travel preferences. Users can select to sort for deals by cruise line, cruise ship, destination, sail month, length, or even stateroom category. To take it a step further, these deals can be sorted by price (low to high or high to low), price per night, voyage length, sail date, or even to display Shipmate’s selection of recommended deals.
Once a user finds a cruise they like, they can tap to select that cruise and see more details on the ship, itinerary, dates, and pricing options per stateroom category. Users ready to book will press a button to be sent to Shipmate’s partner’s websites to finalize the booking and all details.
“Our new deal searching tool on Shipmate was created to give travelers an easy way to score a great price on their dream cruise. It’s available at no cost to anyone who downloads the Shipmate app, making it one of the most accessible cruise deal searching functions available on the market,” said Jamie Cash, General Manager of Cruiseline.com and Shipmate. “Not only do we display the cruise pricing, but we’ve made it incredibly easy to sort and filter deals based on your travel preferences. Our aim with Shipmate is to become a one-stop-shop destination for travelers to not just find the right cruise, but to take it a step further and find the best cruise price.”
Beyond Deals On Shipmate
Shipmate has already made waves in the market as the number-one cruise app, with more than 2.7 million downloads.
The app offers a wide range of tools to be used before, during, and after a cruise. Features on Shipmate currently include verified cruise reviews, ship/port research tools, cruise community-driven discussion and Q&A areas, expert cruise advice features, ship deck plans, member-submitted photos, and cruise ship tracking. Shipmate also offers Price Alerts where users can opt-in to receive email notifications about a chosen sailing whenever the price changes.
Shipmate provides a number of resources for users to store cruise history, create cruise countdowns, and prepare for upcoming cruises with roll calls, ship deck plans, and shore excursion booking tools. The app was the first to introduce a Future Cruise Credit Tracker in 2021, allowing users to store details for FCCs given by cruise lines during their pause in operations. To add to this list of highlights now is Shipmate’s new advanced cruise deal searching features, helping travelers save big on cruises.
To download Shipmate and access the new deal search tools on iOS visit the Apple App Store: here. Shipmate is available on Google Play for Android devices here.
All registrations are then screened by an algorithm to identify finalists by category. Then a blue-chip panel of judges select the Controller of the Year by category, and ultimately a national 2023 Controller of the Year (and Comptroller of the Year). Winners will be announced by January 15, 2024, and all winners will receive a frame-quality Certificate. The National 2023 Controller of the Year will receive a gold-plated and engraved statuette/trophy manufactured by the makers of the Oscar® Awards. A Controller Awards Gala Event is scheduled for March.
“Controllers and related corporate finance and accounting executives are the ‘unsung heroes’ of their respective organizations with ever more complex and demanding responsibilities”, states Neil Brown, Controllers Council Executive Director. “Our annual Controller of the Year Awards recognizes the very best of these executives. Winners share their remarkable journeys at a “must see” 2023 Controller Awards Event.”
ABOUT Controllers Council Controllers Council™ is a national member association, community and platform of more than 100,000 Controllers, CFOs, and corporate accounting and finance professionals focused on career development and training, best practice resources, recognition and more. Programs include CPE and professional certification, a national Career Center, strategic research studies, webcasts with expert panelists on trending topics, articles and whitepapers. Controllers Council publishes the CFO/Controller Financial Performance Index™ (FPI), and produces the annual Controller of the Year Awards, Meet the Controller Interview Series, and the Controllers Seal of Approval program. For more information, visit http://www.ControllersCouncil.org, or call Executive Director Neil Brown at 312-869-2180.
Frank Lee, Vice President of YEYIAN Gaming, expressed his enthusiasm for the event: “We’re excited to offer these incredible deals on gaming hardware during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. Our mission has always been to provide gamers with top-tier technology, and these discounts make it more accessible than ever before.”
On October 10th, YEYIAN Gaming kicks off the festivities with a jaw-dropping offer on the YEYIAN ODACHI Intel 13th Gen VR Gaming PC (https://amzn.to/3ZAjgri). This beast of a machine boasts an Intel i9 13900KF processor running at a blistering 5.80 GHz, an RTX 4090 24GB graphics card, a substantial 32GB DDR5 RAM, a lightning-fast 2TB SSD, a 2TB HDD, a Z790 motherboard, and an efficient 360mm AIO liquid cooling system. It comes complete with Windows 11 Home, 7 dazzling ARGB fans, and a robust 1000W Platinum PSU. On this day only, customers can enjoy a colossal $600 off this high-performance gaming marvel.
In tandem with the gaming PC deal, YEYIAN Gaming presents a remarkable 32.5% discount on the YEYIAN 24″ Curved Gaming Monitor (https://amzn.to/48rRCRv). This monitor boasts an impressive 200 Hz/165 Hz/144 Hz refresh rate, delivering silky-smooth gameplay. With Full HD resolution (R1650 Curved 1080P LED), a 16:9 aspect ratio, expansive 178° viewing angles, and support for 16.7 million colors, this monitor offers a truly immersive visual experience. Gamers will appreciate the 3000:1 contrast ratio, built-in stereo speakers, FreeSync technology, HDMI 2.0, DP 1.2 compatibility, and 75mm VESA mounting options. This is a deal that elevates gaming setups without breaking the bank.
On October 11th, YEYIAN Gaming continues the excitement with a $500 discount on the YEYIAN ODACHI Gaming PC (https://amzn.to/3PElH7A) featuring the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor, an RTX 4090 graphics card, 32GB DDR5 5600MHz RAM, a lightning-fast 2TB M.2 SSD paired with a 2TB HDD, a top-of-the-line 360mm liquid cooler, and a VR-ready desktop computer. This powerhouse comes equipped with a 1000W Platinum PSU, an X670 motherboard, and Windows 11 Home, offering incredible value to gamers.
Furthermore, October 11th brings an unmissable 30% off on the YEYIAN Sigurd 3001 27″ Curved PC Gaming Frameless LED Multistand Monitor (https://amzn.to/3M3GQaz). With features such as 1080P HD resolution, a swift 165Hz refresh rate, a rapid 1ms response time, a 3000:1 contrast ratio, and G-Sync and FreeSync technology, this monitor is a dream come true for gamers seeking uncompromising performance. Its 16:9 aspect ratio, expansive 178° viewing angles, support for 16.7 million colors, and multiple connectivity options (DP/DVI/HDMI) ensure a superior gaming experience. This monitor also offers tilt, height, and pivot adjustments for ergonomic comfort.
YEYIAN Gaming’s participation in Amazon Prime Big Deal Days promises a thrilling opportunity for gamers to elevate their gaming experiences. These deals are a testament to the company’s commitment to delivering top-tier technology at unbeatable prices.
Enthusiasts and gamers can enhance the gaming experience with YEYIAN Gaming and access remarkable savings. Also, the YEYIAN Shield Warranty Program offers seamless customer support to address all your gaming and content creation requirements. Learn more about the YEYIAN Shield Warranty Program at: https://bit.ly/3Szm571
About YEYIAN Gaming YEYIAN Gaming stands as a prominent manufacturer specializing in cutting-edge technology solutions tailored for gamers, creators, and PC enthusiasts. With a global reach, it delivers award-winning gaming gears spanning creator PCs, gaming PCs, monitors, computer components, gaming furniture, and peripherals. YEYIAN Gaming offers an array of solutions, catering to diverse needs, from pre-built PCs to fully customized rigs and high-performance gaming monitors to top-of-the-line gaming chairs.
Founded in 2018 in San Diego, California, YEYIAN Gaming is guided by a steadfast philosophy: to develop innovative technology products characterized by reliability and high performance. The ultimate aim is to furnish customers with unparalleled user experiences while maintaining a commitment to exceptional customer service. This dedication places YEYIAN Gaming at the forefront of the gaming community, where it continues to excel. For more information, please visit https://us.YEYIANgaming.com/
“GHOST® is Vegas Born, and our partnership with T-Mobile Arena shows how local brands can elevate a national entertainment destination while holding strong to local ties,” said Dan Lourenco, CEO and Co-Founder of GHOST®. “T-Mobile Arena is home to our Vegas Golden Knights, the UFC, NCAA and now the NBA, massive concerts, and so much more—we’re humbled and excited to bring new energy to the arena in a way that fans, like ourselves, are definitely going to love.”
“We are thrilled to welcome GHOST® as a Founding Partner at T-Mobile Arena,” said Sally Bae, Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships for AEG in Las Vegas. “This partnership exemplifies the power of local brands coming together to enhance the fan experience at our world-class entertainment destination. With GHOST® ENERGY and their exciting lounge, we are taking stadium entertainment to new heights and offering our fans something truly special.”
In addition to the GHOST Lounge, GHOST® ENERGY and cocktails featuring the energy drink will be available for purchase throughout the arena. To learn more about GHOST® ENERGY, visit www.ghostenergy.com. For more information, visit the T-Mobile Arena website at t-mobilearena.com.
About GHOST®
GHOST® is a lifestyle brand of sports nutrition products, energy drinks, dietary supplements, and apparel. GHOST® is disrupting the sports nutrition industry by creating a lifestyle movement that includes transparent innovative products, global distribution, immersive content, key influencer partnerships, and authentic collaborations with many of the world’s leading flavor brands, including OREO®, Chips Ahoy!®, Sour Patch Kids®, Sonic® Drive-In, Warheads®, Swedish Fish® and Welch’s®. GHOST® products can be found at GNC, ghostlifestyle.com, and select global retailers in over 40 countries. For more information, visitghostlifestyle.com or connect with the brand on Instagram, X,TikTok, or Twitch.
About T-Mobile Arena
T-Mobile Arena, the 20,000-seat venue located on the Las Vegas Strip between Park MGM and New York-New York, opened April 6, 2016. The arena hosts more than 100 events annually including major headline entertainment, awards shows, UFC, boxing, basketball and other sporting events, family shows and special events. T-Mobile Arena also is the home of the Vegas Golden Knights, a National Hockey League expansion team and the city’s first professional sports team, as well as UFC’s exclusive Las Vegas arena destination. The venue, named the No. 1 venue on Billboard Magazine’s 2018 Arena Power List as well as the “Best New Major Concert Venue” by Pollstar Magazine in 2016, features 50 luxury suites, more than two dozen private loge boxes, complete broadcast facilities, and other specially designed exclusive hospitality offerings and fan amenities destined to create a guest experience second to none. Toshiba Plaza, an adjacent two-acre outdoor entertainment space, features performance stages, a variety of video screens and other interactive content and display areas. Designed and built to prioritize environmental sustainability, T-Mobile Arena was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2016. T-Mobile Arena is a privately funded joint venture between AEG and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). For more information, visit T-MobileArena.com or follow on Facebook, X and Instagram.
“A manager’s true measure of effectiveness is team collaboration. When team members feel seen, safe, engaged and perceive abundance, they view colleagues as allies, not adversaries,” shared Whitney Johnson, Disruption Advisors CEO and cofounder. “While engagement fosters unity, the possibility of personal growth and opportunity cements it. The S Curve assesses both.”
Johnson and cofounder/president Amy Humble have designed the proprietary framework, which not only leverages real-time cumulative data to establish baselines, develop custom growth plans and evaluate progress but also redefines industry norms with its exceptional market differentiators:
Simplicity. The S Curve Insight Tool provides a growth framework that works for C-suite to entry-level employees.
Framework. Grow yourself, grow your people and grow your organization with the S Curve Insight Tool.
Growth Mapping. The S Curve Insight Tool is the only tool on the market that accurately and visually shows where someone is at on their growth journey, if they’re prepared for continued growth and if their environment will allow for growth.
Dialogue. The S Curve Insight Tool facilitates safe and open two-way conversations about culture and growth.
The S Curve Insight Tool offers a competitive edge for leaders wanting to build a strong growth-oriented culture, retain top talent and overall advance their organization. When teams understand and leverage their growth capacity and unique attributes, they’re able to make strategic decisions, focus on product development and have meaningful customer interactions.
“In the short time since we started using the S Curve Insight Tool, we’ve witnessed a significant uptick in employee satisfaction, productivity and overall organizational synergy,” expressed Fernando García Bueno, Kraft Heinz VP. “While aspiring to greatness — as individuals, a team and a company — we are leveraging the accelerants of growth as part of our individual growth plans. Our people feel seen, understood and, most importantly, empowered to reach new pinnacles of excellence.”
This metric stands as a powerful and unique ally for organizations prioritizing growth to build a thriving culture.
“One of the greatest predictors of longevity in an organization is growth upside,” said Humble. “The S Curve tells you if a person perceives there is an upside and almost by definition signals that they are currently growing.”
Engagement is good. Growth is better. Solve for both with the S Curve.
About the S Curve Insight Tool The S Curve Insight Tool accelerates organizational growth by unlocking data-driven insights to help individuals and leaders collaboratively grow talent in meaningful, measurable ways — starting with individual growth and then emphasizing collective growth. The proprietary framework, designed by Disruption Advisors, leverages real-time, cumulative data to establish baselines, develop custom learning plans and evaluate progress.
Through positive disruption, the S Curve Insight Tool gives individuals and organizations a unified foundation to build clear strategies, manage projects effectively and support continued growth for teams. Presenting a two-way conversation about growth, it provides teams and individuals access to see through the lens of leadership development. With access to digestible diagnostics, dashboards and PDF reports that offer personalized results and tips, the S Curve Insight Tool pinpoints exact skills and strategies that will help your leaders grow — both individually and collectively.
The S Curve Insight Tool was developed by Disruption Advisors’ founders Whitney Johnson and Amy Humble. Whitney is recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 leading business thinkers in the world and is ranked as a top talent coach by Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. She was named one of Inc.’s 200 Female Founders of 2023, cofounded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen and was an award-winning Wall Street equity analyst. Amy is an expert executive coach and organizational visionary working with the world’s most elite leaders and organizations. She was named one of Inc.’s 200 Female Founders of 2023 and served as chief of staff to Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, where she managed and conducted strategy and coaching sessions with CEOs from the Fortune 500, Inc. 5000 and leading social institutions in the world.
“We are thrilled to partner with Flybuy to provide our customers with a more efficient and frictionless order fulfillment process,” said Jennifer Karpinsky, Vice President of Business Development at QSR Automations. “The integration of this cutting-edge technology into our ConnectSmart Kitchen platform empowers restaurants to provide a swifter, more precise service to their customers.”
The partnership between QSR Automations and Flybuy is already making a substantial impact for restaurants, equipping establishments with the indispensable tools needed to enhance the customer experience significantly.
“Partnering with QSR Automations is a natural fit for Flybuy,” said Dan Estrada, Chief Strategy Officer for Flybuy. “Flybuy is designed to optimize restaurant staff operations and streamline the handoff of orders to customers upon their arrival. Our direct integration with QSR Automations’ ConnectSmart Kitchen platform provides our shared brands with a seamless, unified solution for order prioritization, prep and just-in-time-of-arrival handoff to customers, creating frictionless guest experiences, streamlined staff operations and increased throughput for pickup orders.”
When used together Flybuy and ConnectSmart Kitchen pair as assets to POS systems by infusing these vital restaurant technologies with a wealth of actionable intelligence. This integration serves as the bridge that connects the dots with location data, by easily integrating real-time customer arrivals into the dashboards of ConnectSmart Kitchen and POS systems. This technology pairing not only enhances the efficiency of these systems but also empowers restaurants to harness the power of location-based insights, ensuring orders are not only prepared with precision but also delivered to customers at just the right moment, creating a truly flawless and gratifying dining experience. Flybuy serves as a catalyst for these technologies, driving the future of restaurant automation towards unprecedented levels of precision and customer satisfaction.
Flybuy, by Radius Networks, is a turn-key productivity platform that optimizes pickup, delivery, dine in, and loyalty for brands worldwide. Flybuy uses AI and location intelligence to reshape the way businesses engage with their customers and empower them to achieve operational excellence and drive repeat business. Brands are leveraging Flybuy to drive sales, save money, and reduce waste by providing actionable data and insight to streamline their operations and create a seamless customer experience.
QSR Automations headquartered in Louisville, KY with offices in the United Kingdom, is a global industry leader in kitchen automation and guest management services. Since 1996, restaurant operators have turned to the brand’s signature platform, ConnectSmart, for customized solutions to improve the guest experience and drive operational excellence. Used in 21 of the nation’s top 25 casual dining chains, ConnectSmart leverages data to create customized solutions that make calmer kitchens, simpler workflows, and happier guests. We didn’t just pioneer restaurant technology. We perfected it.
SINGAPORE, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — REPUBLIK, a global technology company building new ways for people to interact, proudly announces the successful conclusion of its $6 Million Seed funding round. The round saw participation from leading investors, including OKX Ventures, 6th Man…
